Sustainable Vision in Rural Czech Republic
“I tried to change things but I had to recognize that it wasn’t possible,” says Petr Pavek, leaning against his adobe straw bale house. He gazes out on his property over looking the little town of Jind?ichovice pod Smrkem in the Czech Republic. In the fields below grow organic vegetables, and cows for organic beef [...]
Co-operative Wind Harvesting in the Netherlands
Cycling along the country roads of Flevoland, you can’t help but notice the wind. If one is lucky, it is behind you, if it isn’t… well, good luck. It is no wonder that windmills haphazardly dot the landscape. They fit. This is the Netherlands, a country where wooden windmills have dotted the landscape for hundreds [...]
Wind Dreams in Nepal
Amrit points it out as we zoom past on his motorbike. If you look closely, past the Nokia sign, past the other motorbikes, over the jumble of electric wires, and let your eyes drift upward, you might see it. It is a solution to the energy problems of Nepal, turning in the wind. Amrit turns [...]
I Love Windpower Brings Wind Energy and Identity to Mali
“If I had to sum it up in one word, I would say identity,” says Piet Willem Chevalier, owner and operator of I Love Windpower. “On my first trip to Mail, I saw this group of people that were really shy, that didn’t want to ask questions, they had no confidence. After we made that [...]
Orthodox Community Embraces Renewable Energy in the Czech Republic
High on a windmill, hidden amongst the cherry orchards and the wheat fields of Eastern Czech Republic, is a painting of a raven with a piece of bread in its’ mouth. The prophet St. Elias the Tishbite was kept alive by ravens feeding him bread when he was hidden in the desert. This is the [...]
A New Page – Tear Sheets
I have added a much needed new page to my website: Tear Sheets. If you ever wondered what or where I have been published in the last few years, check out this published material from clients, including National Geographic Traveler, Canadian Geographic, NGO’s, governments and other magazines.
Updating Under way
Please bear with me as I update this site to make the navigation easier. Naturally the Navigation during this period will be slightly off.
Women Climate Change Activists Featured in German Cosmopolitan
Last months issue of Cosmopolitan in Germany features an article focusing on some incredible climate change activists around the world. The article is written by journalist Daniel Boese and includes a couple of my images. This sort of placement demonstrates the mainstream acceptance of the climate change movement in Europe and I believe is a [...]
Working on Mont Blanc – Meeting a Deadline
Whilst on a recent trip to Chamonix, France, I answered a phone call from my client Elegance Magazine. They urgently needed the hi-res images of a travel story I had shot for them to meet their five o’clock deadline. The call came while I was high up on the Aiguille de Midi on Mont Blanc. [...]
Winter sledding in the Netherlands – Photo
How it is done in the Netherlands, go to the Dunes for your sledding, the only hills around.
Image published in Dein Spiegel – COP 17 in Durban, South Africa
It has been awhile since my last post. I was really busy in December at the UNFCCC conference in Durban and since then have been swamped with work, mainly helping supervise the 1000′s of images that will make up this years World Press Photo Contest. Expect more from me in the next month, including updates [...]
Climate Oxide in Belgian Art Journal
An article about our current art project Climate Oxide has appeared in the Belgian Art Journal: Collect / Kunst & Antiek Journaal. Kunst & Antiek Journaal/Collect is a monthly journal that informs its’ readers about art and antiques. The Journaal is a must for the collecter and also for those interested in art antiques. Stay [...]
On Assignment: Photography of Durban Climate Change Conference.
For the next two weeks I will be on the ground with Project Survival Media in Durban, South Africa at the Conference of Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC. The COP is gathering for the 17 session of yet another attempt to try and prevent the impending climate crisis. In an all too predictable way, acting [...]
Two for One Coffee at Impacting Environments Exhibit
Hey Amsterdammers and/or people traveling through Amsterdam, my photography exhibit ‘Impacting Environments’ is entering its’ second month at Coffee Bar Ludwig. Thanks to Coffee Bar Ludwig, for a limited time, you can get ’2-4-1′ coffee voucher valid for the period of my exhibit. To do so, simply sign up to my e-news letter using the form [...]
PhotoEd Article
The following article was published in the September 2011 issue of PhotoED magazine. A leading photography education magazine based in Canada. It is an interview about my work in the climate change and environmental realms of photography.
Occupy Amsterdam – A Portrait Series
These images can be licensed though my image partner Aurora Photos. If you are interested, send me an email and I can connect you directly with them. Last Saturday the Occupy Amsterdam rally was held in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. The rally brought a varied group of individuals to the scene and [...]
Little Black Lies in Calgary – a Tar Sands Talk by Jeff Gailus
I have teamed up with Canadian author Jeff Gailus for his Tar Sands talk, Little Black Lies, tomorrow night in Calgary, Canada. During Jeff’s talk my photographs from the Tar Sands will be playing in the background. If you are in Calgary tomorrow, join Jeff Gailus as he explores the intersection of two of the [...]
Climate Oxide project acknowledged in Dutch Newspaper
The project I am working on with Dutch/Nepali artist Shiva Rimal, Climate Oxide, was recently mentioned in Weesper Nieuws (a local dutch newspaper). This project is a focus on climate change and identity in Nepal, Canada and the Netherlands. Marieke van Veen wrote a beautiful story on Climate Oxide & Shiva Rimal in a page [...]
Guest Post – Moving Planet in Nepal
This guest post is cross-posted from 350.org and written by Anna Keenan detailing our recent experience in Nepal. I spend most of my time working as a climate campaigner for Greenpeace International in Amsterdam, however for the 2011 global day of climate action – Moving our Planet beyond fossil fuels – I have somehow ended [...]
Up Up and Away – Nepal
Tommorrow I leave for Nepal. Nepali/Dutch artist Shiva Rimal and I are off to work on our collaborative art project Climate Oxide. It is a documentation of climate change impacts around the world using photography, steel and rust. We will visit various climate adaptation projects, trek in the Himalayas and take part in the Moving [...]
Force – Jaap van der Beek
My newest photography project, Force, is a focus on the human side of wind energy. It demonstrates that wind energy it is not an aspect of the future but a lived reality right now for people and communities all over the world. This is the second in a series of posts (read the first here) [...]
Force – Roman Juriga
My newest photography project, Force, is a focus on the human side of wind energy. It demonstrates that wind energy it is not an aspect of the future but a lived reality right now for people and communities all over the world. This is the first in a series of posts to introduce these wind [...]
